Experimental landfill caps for semi-arid and arid climates

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-125

  Blight, Geoffrey E ^a   Fourie, Andries B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Infiltration; Landfill cap; Semi arid and arid climates; Stabilization; Water balance; Wmr 760 9

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DECOMPOSITION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INFILTRATION; RAIN; SOLID WASTES; STABILIZATION;

ARID CLIMATE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATIVE CAP; INFILTRATE-STABILIZE-EVAPOTRANSPIRE; LANDFILL CAP; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE; WATER BALANCE;

LAND FILL;

RAIN; ALUMINUM SILICATE; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER;

CLIMATOLOGY; DECOMPOSITION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INFILTRATION; LAND FILL; RAIN; SOLID WASTES; STABILIZATION;

ARID REGION; EVAPORATION; INFILTRATION; LANDFILL; SEMIARID REGION; STABILIZATION; WATER BUDGET;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BOTSWANA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DESERT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INDIA; LANDFILL; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; SUMMER; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTENT; WINTER; CLAY; DESERT CLIMATE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SEASON; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER FLOW;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; DESERT CLIMATE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; RAIN; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEASONS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL; SOUTH AFRICA; VOLATILIZATION; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 23844537227     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X05052458     Document Type: Article

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